Over 97% of people objectively lose productivity when switching context, even when subjectively believing they are handling it well.

You sit down at 8 AM with a clear plan, and by 9:30 am, you have toggled between email, Slack, a sprint board, a document review, and a surprise calendar hold that wasn’t there yesterday. Context ...

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That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Cognitive control enables individuals to adapt their behaviour in response to changing environmental demands, playing a pivotal role in everyday functioning. Task switching, a core component of ...

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Are you constantly bombarded with emails, Slack messages, project updates, and urgent requests from your boss? Today, this is the norm for most of us. This rapid switch between activities, context ...

Our minds are simply not designed follow multiple trains of thought simultaneously, and so task switching comes at immediate, and lasting, time and productivity costs. The solution is to prepare for ...

From checking emails while on a call to cooking dinner and helping with homework, we all operate through multitasking. But new research suggests that our ability to juggle multiple tasks isn't a ...

Imagine a mind that can juggle multiple tasks seamlessly, solving complex math problems while translating languages—all at once and without missing a beat. Today, it’s becoming clear that artificial ...